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I wanted to like this movie. I really did, but I couldn't sit through to the end.

Acting by so many was (in my opinion) sub-par. More importantly, this was supposed to be set in the US, yet the obvious signs it was not were seen by the European license plates on cars and obvious non-US electrical outlets. The Royal Mail carrier didn't lend any US authenticity either.

It's the small details that were overlooked that took away from any credibility this film might have had.

The outside shots of the List Westfield NJ home weren't even CLOSE to the home where the crimes had occurred. Granted, that home has since burned and subsequently was demolished, but surely the director could have found a home more closely resembling the List home, than the Newark NJ style row house he used instead.

I can only hope the producers get ANY return on their investment in this film.

The last time I saw acting this bad was in 1971 while watching the now cult classic, BILLY JACK. Ironically, this crime by John List also took place in 1971. Was this film directed in such a manner to pay homage to this era?

I love serial killer movies. This was not that. At best, a weak plagiarized Rear Window(down to the injured protagonist.) At least Disturbia updated the "stuck at the window" premise. Reasons not to watch:

• Terrible acting,
• Ridiculous dialogue,
• Awful camera work (with weird zooms, shaky at times, out of focus at times,)
• Exposition narration in the form of dialogue (where a person would come onscreen to say a few sentences, then the movie would movie would go on to another scene, with no acknowledgment of who the person was talking to,)
• Bad sets and costume design,
• Terrible facial expressions,
• Weak score/soundtrack,
• Entirely unlikable, dumb characters,
• Zero tension or mystery.

I could go on and on. Anything going on in this movie is extremely bad. I will never watch it again, and I recommend that you not either. If this is playing at a friend's house, go for a walk. Fresh air is better than this atrocity.

Wow.. I honestly have no idea how I sat through this. It's one of the worst movies I've seen this year.

It's a shame, because it's based on a true story which I've heard about prior to watching this on the My Favourite Murder podcast. The true story is super creepy, and interesting, but this film was the complete opposite.

The acting, script, music.. ugh. It's all so bad! All very low budget, and don't get me wrong there can be some decent low budget films, but this is not one of them.

The best thing about this film is honestly the movie poster, because that actually looks decent.

Terrible. Rear Window is my favorite thriller and What Lies Beneath is a close second. Those are solid movies.

This one, however, simply dropped the ball. They could have had so many more suspenseful moments! Also, if you lack appreciation for sacrilegious attributes in a murderer, definitely skip it!

This movie sucks worse acting I've ever seen what is with the slow motion fighting I'd rather be at my uncles funeral again than watch this BULLCRAP

The producers of this movie, drove by the unemployment office and picked up some out of work actors. This is bad, very bad.....

Besides being a complete derivative copy of The Stepfather, which is very good, this is just pure trash. I am absolutely astonished that any movie company would produce this garbage. Where did they find these actors? I was embarrassed for them while I watched this atrocious garbage.

Super low budget but a solid thriller that does exactly what it says on the tin. Nothing new or special (a Disturbia rip off which in itself was a rip off of Rear Window) but it is well made despite it's obvious budget limitations and has genuine suspenseful moments.

Not a bad little knock off of the Hitchcock film. Not the most original but for the most part well executed and the lead girl and actor who plays Bob Clark is like a demented Mister Rogers!

The acting is simply awful, in the scene between the dad and boyfriend I actually think they were filmed at separate times and locations. Hilarious and they should have spent some of the production budget to hire a hair and makeup crew - I mean check out the eyebrows on Bob Clark's wife.

This may very well contend for the worst movie ever - don't miss your opportunity to see it early and often!

The worst movie ever, no action scenes, very low budget , nothing special actually

If you know the John List story you will hate this. Not a good representation of the true story. Why skip 18 years?

I have a love of movies but the lead girl was a terrible actress. The boyfriend was worst.

Not sure if she even did an audition. I really wanted to like it because it's based somewhat on a true story.

This film MAY have been slightly decent if they changed all the actors (maybe with the exception of John himself and his new wife), it's possibly the worst acted movie ever, even when the girl breaks her ankle at the beginning she just gracefully falls to the floor and let's out a little yelp as if she's just frustrated that she fell. I can tell you when I broke my ankle I wasn't laying there like a mouse saying 'oopsie'. I can't even start to go into how bad of an actor the dad is.

Oh a mass murderer is attacking my friend I'll just stand here and he will calmly tell me to go call the police. I signed up to an account, just to say how bad the acting in this film is.

I had to create an account just to leave this review. This movie is glorious in that it is the worst movie I've ever seen. The acting is painful. Have you ever wondered what a movie would be like with people who have never acted before? This. I watched the whole thing thinking it would somehow get better. It got progressively worse. I'm sure there are hundreds of versions of the story this movie is loosely based on available online, and I promise you, literally any of them will be better than this one.

The setting is obviously the UK & it's filmed like an episode of Brookside lol & the whole cast sound over the top American but everything around them is all British????? Ridiculously low-budget & Ridiculously the UK & that takes me right out of the trash

Combined with a poorly written script executed with the same level of acting. Not worth the bother.

This was my first 1 star review. It was just terrible. I only watched because I was familiar with the List Family Murders. Unfortunately, the facts were not horrible enough so the movie goes into a ridiculous ending that never happened. Made worse by the exploitation of what is supposed to be America's Most Wanted's John Walsh, and the awful tragedy he experienced. The acting is bad. The writing is worse... save yourself the time and just google John List.